13 (Thirteen) Degrees | DuClaw Brewing Company

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13 Degrees pours a typical hefeweizen appearance with a cloudy yellow-gold body and bright white head. The reteniton is limited, however, and it drops rather quickly for the style (that may have just been a dirty glass, however, as I tasted it at one of their busier locations).

Lemon, banana, and clove dominate the nose with just a touch of wheaty malt slipping through. Nice!

In the mouth it's medium-bodied and crisp, but still dextrinous.

The flavor delivers clove-like spiciness over sweetish wheaty malt with notes of banana. It finishes drying as the sweet malt erodes to reveal a lingering, dull bitterness.

Overall, a decent rendition of the style and a great summer refresher!

Pours a slightly hazed gold, with several billowy fingers of bright-white head. This dissipates down pretty readily, leaving behind a thin sudsy cap that leaves some light spotty lacing down the sides of the glass. The aroma is rather thick smelling in the nose with notes of banana, clove, and a tart bready twang from the wheat. While I wouldn’t expect to find a ton of hop activity here in the nose, this is just missing any kind of a floral feel or a general airiness to this that would give these flavors some more life.

The taste is unfortunately similar to the aroma, and is thick on the palate with fruity flavors of banana and orange that are set against that crisp twang from the wheat. Some light citric bitterness adds just a touch of extra crispness to this. The spiciness of the clove runs the whole way through the profile but mostly makes its presence known in a semi-dry finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with a really mellow feel to the carbonation. This could definitely use a bit more effervescence on the palate for a Hefeweizen.

I’ve had this one on tap before and I remember it being a bit better than this bottled offerings. From the flavors to the feel, this one just felt like it was dragging at times, without a whole lot of a refreshing quality that I would normally look for in the style. This single 12 oz bottle was a chore to get through at times.

Appeared a murky paleish swamp water color, fitting of the style. Taste was quite light and refreshing. Smell was fragrant of cloves. Taste was strong of pumpkin pie spices. The beer had a noticeable burn in the finish, that you wouldn't expect from something this low in alcohol but it does. I thought it accompanied the california club quite well (good eats, but thats a whole nother review)

Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a dark golden color with a smallish head, lots of carbonation. Smell is of banana, some grains and clove. Taste is of banana, clove, grains, good but not overpowering, a bit subdued. Feels full bodied in the mouth and overall is a pretty good beer.

Pours a hazy, dark orange with a thin white head that settles to a thin white ring. Crisp aromas of honey, banana, and a good amount of clove. Taste follows the nose closely, lots of banana and wheat with a touch of spicy clove. Mouthfeel is crisp and light, with a thin body and high carbonation. Overall a very drinkable, solid Hefeweizen, I could drink a few of them!

Tasted at the Arundel Mills location. Beer is a pale hazy yellow with a thin white bright head that lingers for a while. Smell is faint banana and wheat. Taste is a very strong banana flavor with a clove and spicey finish. Lingering fruity bubblegum aftertaste. Medium bodied with a creamy mouthfeel. This is a nice flavorful version of a hefeweizen---another solid seasonal from Duclaw.

Nicely unfiltered hefe served in a clear pint glass. Looks like a hazy summer morning sky, yellow and thick.

Fruity banana smells are followed by the standard hefe tastes, but didnt get the clove flavors later on when the beer warmed up a bit.

More full flavored and more mouthfeel than I expected. I like having the hefes on warm days and wouldnt mind having several of these. They started to get nice and sticky in my mouth after more than one. With the somewhat water view from the new DuClaw location and mild weather over the weekend, the atmosphere really worked well with the beer.

Pours a very light fizzy head that fades pretty quickly over very hazy golden orange color. Loses some points due to severe lack of head which should be big and bubbly on a hefe.

Nose brings some light wheat aromas, a bit of light malts, hints of citrus and clove but not much. A fruity ester aroma from the yeast that brings an herbal quality, and would normally be nice but a bit too much here, and a hint of green apple.

Taste is a bit better, a fruity flavor again, green apple, light citrus, hints of spices. A nice wheat character brings a nice light flavor. Not much else there, just wheats, fruits, hint of spices and hint of esters. Finishes a bit drier with a touch of lingering citrus.

Mouth is lighter bodied, decent carb but not nearly what it should have for the style.

Overall not very impressed. This is quite low for the style, but a decent overall drinking beer. It doesn't do much in any category and is lacking a lot. Drinkable at least, and a bit tasty but lighter than it should be.

Tasted at the 13 Degrees Release Party at the Arundel Mills Location on 6/30/04.

A very cloudy apricot color with a low head for the style... Very much a Bavarian Hefeweizen with loads of banana on the nose and in the mouth. The clove character is there but subdued in comparison to the fruitiness. Medium bodied, smooth and refreshing. Certainly easy to drink more than one.

My main man, tone77, came through like a champ at precisely the right time! He dropped off a massive box of BTs and a few CANs, among them this Hefeweizen. I have long eschewed the style for its banana split flavors, but in the face of this summer's heat and humidity, I am coming around.

From the bottle: "Brewed with a German yeast that tempts fate and your palate with illusory perceptions of exotic banana and spicy clove, this Hefeweizen will make you a believer long before it's [sic] crisp, refreshing finish. Open the bottle and prepare to ... defy superstition."; "Respect the Fluid".

I initially had a finger of bone-white head that simply wilted in this oppressive heat. Color was a very cloudy orangish-yellow. Nose was equal parts banana and clove, which is about as much as I prefer if it does not skew towards clove esters. Mouthfeel was medium and the banana esters were prevalent on the tongue. Finish started out banana and gave way to a nice clove spiciness on the extreme finish. A good beer for a hot night!

A hazy golden beer with a slight grey tint. A mild and fruity version of the style. The name derives from 13 degrees of Plato which makes this a bit light among Hefes. Nice mouthfeel with just a trace of noble hops. Would have had another if I was in the mood, but it was Oktoberfest and time to move on to the next beer.